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njRAT, also known as Bladabindi, [1] is a remote access tool (RAT) with user interface or trojan which allows the holder of the program to control the end-user's computer. It was first found in June 2013 with some variants traced to November 2012.
The virus was notable due to the destructive nature of the attack and the cost of recovery. Shamoon can spread from an infected machine to other computers on the network. Once a system is infected, the virus continues to compile a list of files from specific locations on the system, upload them to the attacker, and erase them.
The Europol-supported CUING initiative monitors the use of steganography in malware. [ 7 ] The methods used by stegomalware have been used in a number of attacks: Duqu (to hide malicious payloads in JPEG images for stealthy data exfiltration), Zeus/Zbot (to mask command-and-control (C&C) traffic inside image files), Waterbug (to inject ...
Vault 7 is a series of documents that WikiLeaks began to publish on 7 March 2017, detailing the activities and capabilities of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to perform electronic surveillance and cyber warfare.
The server component (sized around 20–50 kilobytes, depending on variant) is dropped to C:\Program Files\Bifrost\server.exe with default settings and, when running, connects to a predefined IP address on TCP port 81, awaiting commands from the remote user who uses the client component. However, both installation directory and TCP port can be ...
A malware honeypot is a decoy designed to intentionally attract malicious software. It does this by imitating a vulnerable system or network, such as a web server. The honeypot is intentionally set up with security flaws that look to invite these malware attacks.
The uninfected computer with a GUI enabling control of infected ones is the client, while the infected systems (without a GUI) are servers. [7] When DarkComet executes, the server connects to the client and allows the client to control and monitor the server. At this point the client can use any of the features which the GUI contains.
The Mirai botnet was first found in August 2016 [2] by MalwareMustDie, [3] a white hat malware research group, and has been used in some of the largest and most disruptive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, including an attack on 20 September 2016 [4] on computer security journalist Brian Krebs' website, an attack on French web host ...